King Hui of Yan
| King Hui of Yan 燕惠王 | |||||||||
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| King of Yan | |||||||||
| Reign | 278–272 BCE | ||||||||
| Predecessor | King Zhao | ||||||||
| Successor | King Wucheng | ||||||||
| Born | ? | ||||||||
| Died | 272 BC | ||||||||
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| House | Ji | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Yan | ||||||||
| Father | King Zhao of Yan | ||||||||
King Hui of Yan (Chinese: 燕惠王; died 272 BC), personal name unknown, was a king of the Yan state. He ruled the kingdom between 278 BC until his death in 272 BC.[1]
King Hui was a son of King Zhao, who appointed King Hui heir apparent to the throne. He had been at odds with the general Yue Yi. After his succession, he replaced Yue Yi with Qi Jie (騎劫) as the top commander of the army. Yue Yi escaped to the Zhao state, where he was enfeoffed as Lord of Wangzhu. Yet Qi Jie was not a good leader; Yan was defeated by the troops of the Qi state under Tian Dan and lost all the territory that it had captured from Qi again. [2][3] King Hui sent a letter to Yue Yi, accusing him of betraying the country. Yue Yi replied: "I have heard that the worthy and sage-like among the lords would never lay waste to the achievements they had established and thus were written about in the annals of their country, and that prescient scholars would never ruin the reputation they had perfected and thus were extolled by later generations."[4] King Hui was regretful; as a compensation, he ordered Yue Jian (樂間), who was Yue Yi's son, to inherit the title "Lord of Changguo".[5]
In 272 BC, King Hui was murdered by his chancellor Gongsun Cao (公孫操).[6] He was succeeded by King Wucheng.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cihai (small print edition) (5th ed.). Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. 2000. p. 2510. ISBN 7-5326-0630-9.
- ^ The Regional State of Yan 燕
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian (in Chinese). Vol. 34.
昭王三十三年卒，子惠王立。惠王为太子时，与乐毅有隙；及即位，疑毅，使骑劫代将。乐毅亡走赵。齐田单以即墨击败燕军，骑劫死，燕兵引归，齐悉复得其故城。湣王死于莒，乃立其子为襄王
- ^ John Knoblock (1988). Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works. Stanford University Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780804714518.
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian. Vol. 80.
於是燕王复以乐毅子乐间为昌国君；而乐毅往来复通燕，燕、赵以为客卿。乐毅卒於赵。
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian (in Chinese). Vol. 43.
二十八年，蔺相如伐齐，至平邑。罢城北九门大城。燕将成安君公孙操弑其王。